Elmer Towns paul e engle <br/><br/>
Evaluating the church growth movement :  5 views / 
[contributors] Elmer Towns ... [and others] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Counterpoints .
 - Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.). .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Effective evangelism view : church growth effectively confronts and penetrates the culture / Elmer Towns -- Gospel and our culture view : church growth lacks a sufficient view of the church, which hinders it from effectively engaging the culture / Craig Van Gelder -- Centrist view : church growth is based on an evangelistically focused and missiologically applied theology / Charles Van Engen -- Reformist view : church growth assumes theology but ineffectively employs it to analyze culture, determine strategy, and perceive history / Gailyn Van Rheenan -- Renewal view : church growth must be based on a biblical vision of the church as the vital community of the kingdom of God / Howard Snyder -- Pastoral reflections. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780310872153 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019722267 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church growth.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV652.25 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>254/.5